Washing-machine.



PATENTBB PEB. 6, 1906.

J. W. STROH. WASHING MACHINE. euromunt num oc'r s 1m UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

No. s1 1,304.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Faten'ted Feb. 6, 1906.

Application filed ctbcr 5, 1904. Serial No. 227,178.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Jol-IN W. STROH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in llVashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawin s.

i(ilhis invention relates to improvements in washing-machines, and has for its object the provision of a machine of this character possessing instrumentalitics enabling the same to be easily shifted from place to place and novel rubbing devices rendering the machine effectual in the cleaning of clothes.

A convenient embodunent of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The noveldetails in the construction and arrangement of the several parts will be apparent from the detailed descri tion hereinafter when read in connection with said drawings and the hereto-appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the complete machine. Fig. 2 is a similar view showin the sections of the inachine separated an the upper section with ortions broken away, and Fig. 3 is a detail ongitndinal sectional view of one of the transversely-ribbed strips.

Referring more particularly' to the drawings, wherein like reference characters refer to similar parts in the several views, A designates the lower section orbase of the machine, the saine bein in the nature of an open frame eoinprisi si e bars a and cross or tie bars c', said si e bars having legs B B2, the forrner of a length to rest directl on the lloor or the like, and the latter carrying a roller C, so arranged that its periphery projects below the legs B2 to rest upon said floor.

D is the upper section of the machine, and com rises a hollow receptacle or tub for the clot es to be washed, the same bein open at its to and conveniently provide with a hinge door d. At opposite sides of this receptacle and extending downwardly therefrom, one in the vertical plane of each of the side bars cof the base, are rockers E, normally resting upon the upper surface of the bars a, so as to rock thereupon, the sections being maintained in roper operative relation through the me rum of upwardly-opening brackets F on the inner surfaces of said side bars, which receive antifriction centering devices G on the rockers E. These centering devices, which are carried by the rockers and supported adjacent the inner surfaces thereof, project below the under surface of the rockers and constitute wheels Whereon the upper sec tion when lifted from the lower section may be rolled from place to place.

H is a locking-arm pivoted at h to one of the side bars a., whereby the same may be swung upwardly into the position shown in full lines, Fig. 1, to engage over a locking-pin it on the adjacent side of the upper section to prevent said upper section from rocking, the

ticking-arm being notched, as at h2, for this purpose. When the machine is in operation, the arm is thrown downwardlyT into the position indicated by dotted lines, Fi l, when it rests upon a supporting-pin I on t e base-section.

It will be observed that when the parts are held against relative movement the crossbar J at the end of the upper section may be grasped and the whole machine elevated to throw the weight thereof onto the roller C, heretofore referred to, at the end of the lower section, thereby enabling the machine to be easily shifted.

On the interior of the receptacle or tub D, I provide transversely-ribbed strips K, arranged longitudinally of the machine and secured to the sides and bottom of the receptacle at suitablyseparated points. Some of these strips, preferably the lower ones, are spaced from the wall of the receptacle and supported by spacing blocks or 1rpins lc, whereby the water may pass freely t erebeneath.

It is to be understood that changes and alterations may be made in the embodiment of the invention herein disclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is#

In a washin machine, a rectangularshaped receptac e provided with continuous independent transversely ribbed strips on the interior thereof separated by intervening IOO spaces and arranged lon itudinally of the receptacle on its sides and ottorn and with the strips situated on the bottom supported by spacing-blocks.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JGHN W. STROH. f Witnesses:

F. R. Goonn, E. J. MOMILLAN. 

